Practice Guide Describes Engineering Standards

The following press release was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Aug. 26, 2005. It is reproduced in full below.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the ASM International Surface Engineering Committee, has issued a guide to published standards for the measurement and characterization of inorganic material surfaces. NIST Recommended Practice Guide: Surface Engineering Measurement Standards for Inorganic Materials (NIST Special Publication 960-9) directs the user to appropriate standards based on material type, property of interest, and measurement or characterization method. Each summary includes a general description of the standard, the intended application, specimen requirements, type of data produced and the limits of the method. NIST SP 960-9 may be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format at www.msel.nist.gov/practiceguides/SP960_9.pdf. A free print copy may be obtained by contacting Joyce Harris, (301) 975-6045, joyce.harris@nist.gov.

Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology